Python ord() built-in function
From the Python 3 documentation
Given a string representing one Unicode character, return an integer representing the Unicode code point of that character.
Introduction
The ord()
function is the inverse of chr(). It takes a single character string and returns its Unicode code point, which is an integer.
Examples
# Get the Unicode code point of a character
print(ord('A')) # Output: 65
print(ord('€')) # Output: 8364
print(ord('1')) # Output: 49
print(ord('a')) # Output: 97